William Hague: no conspiracy against Gaddafi

Responding to the Muammar Gaddafi's claims that there is a conspiracy of world
leaders against him, the Foreign Secretary said: "There is no such
conspiracy - it is his own people who are rising up and trying to overthrow
him."

5:26PM GMT 22 Feb 2011

Speaking in the Foreign Office, Mr Hague also said that arrangements being made for a charter plane to travel to Libya.

"We are making arrangements of a charter plane to travel to Libya in the next 48 hours. We are urgently seeking landing clearances and permissions from the Libyan government.

"The Royal Navy frigate HMS Cumberland is being redeployed from the eastern Mediterranean to international waters near Libya so it is pre-positioned in case it is required to play a role in assisting British nationals.

"We're working closely with airlines to assist as many British nationals as possible to depart Libya."